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1 | What is a begotten son? | Rom 9:15 | deep input | 156658 | ||
Heb 11:17 speaks of Isaac as Abraham's only begotten son. Why does the bible say this when Abraham had other sons? I also wonder why it was that the second son recieved the blessings ie Able over Cain; Issac over Ishmael; Jacob over Esau; and God seems very angry with these first borns. Is this significant or just coincedence? | ||||||
2 | What is a begotten son? | Rom 9:15 | kalos | 156659 | ||
Your question, in part: "I also wonder why it was that the second son recieved the blessings ie Able over Cain; Issac over Ishmael; Jacob over Esau; and God seems very angry with these first borns. Is this significant or just coincedence?" An answer: The Bible plainly says: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." Romans 9:13 (compare Malachi 1:2,3) Let us consider the following from the 9th chapter of Romans and then we can decide whether this is significant or just coincedence. Romans 9 (ESV) [6] ...For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, [7] and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." [8] This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. [9] For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return and Sarah shall have a son." [10] And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, [11] though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—IN ORDER THAT GOD'S PURPOSE OF ELECTION MIGHT CONTINUE, not because of works but because of his call— [12] she was told, "The older will serve the younger." [13] As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." [14] What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! [15] For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." [16] So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. [18] So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. (Emphasis added.) What do we see in the above Scriptures -- coincidence or purpose? Human will or God's will? Man's works or God's call? "Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!" Grace to you, Kalos |
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